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When you think of the promotional USB flash drive industry what
words come to mind? Deception, scandal, fraud? I am guessing no.
However, for those looking to purchase customized USB drives those words
may be closer to your reality than you think. Buyer beware, this is a
perilous industry.
The majority of USB drives come from China.
Virtually no USB Wholesaler carries inventory. This means that they
never physically see your product. Therefore, quality control is a
serious issue and the possibility of receiving defective flash drives is
pretty high. Below are some of the more common mistakes that wholesale
USB consumers make and some advice that will help you avert these
pitfalls:
Penny Saver #1: Saving $100 can cost you $1000's! Do not put your brand in the hands of an untrustworthy USB provider.
Problem
#1: Buying low quality wholesale USB's can ruin your professional
credibility! 90% of USB horror stories start right here.

Any group or team could use something that can help boost their
team spirit. Most usually pot for custom made items like t-shirts,
pants, caps, sweat bands, and sport bottles.
Customized bottles
have become a trend nowadays with companies trying every method possible
to promote themselves. Even so, these customized sports bottles are
very unique as not many people will actually have the exact same bottle.
Giving out customized sports bottles to schools, teams, or athletes
will surely help promote team spirit. Customized sports bottles may seem
a little cheesy but that depends on the design and color of the bottle.
Nobody would mind using a bottle which has been cleverly designed.
Giving out customized bottles will make them feel special. Think about
it, only your school, team, or you soccer team members have those
customized bottles. It is surely a good positive feeling.
Individuals
also tend to feel as though they are being appreciate

With spring season already upon on us and temperatures creeping
up to the mid 70's, summer season and summer lifestyle is switching into
high gear. People are packing the picnic bag, the beach towel and the
trunks for a day at the beach, going down to the shore or out by boat on
the ocean and this is a perfect time to start planning your summer
promotional giveaways.
The obvious choice for marketing buyers and
merchandise planners is to replenish merchandise inventories of
T-shirts, Shorts and Caps for a summer look, but a simple bottle of
water is often overseen as the most effective promotional product in the
summer.
It is estimated that people drink up to an average of 45%
more liquid during a warm summer day, over a day in the winter.
Carrying around a bottle of water is not only a convenience - it is a
necessity. Overall, the water bottling industry sees a 27% increase in
sales of bottled water during the summer month (May-August)

The fastest growing environmental hazard is not global warming or
fresh water shortage, it is poor waste management - and chief culprits
of waste are plastic drinking bottles. With all the efforts to increase
recycling among the average person a recent poll found that only
thirty-percent of plastic bottles are recycled. For whatever reason that
number is drastically reduced for water bottles which only see a meager
twelve percent of users recycle. So, how big of a problem is it then?
Forty-million plastic bottles a day are thrown away and end up in
landfills or as litter. This problem is compounded by the fact that this
is a fast growing trend. In 1990 the United States bought and produced
1.1 billion pounds of plastic and in 2002 that number jumped to 4
billion and is currently estimated even higher.
People have become
obsessed with bottled water and other soft drinks and are irresponsibly
disposing of them. What's more, disposable plastic bot

What's a conference without promotional conference bags? It's like a festival without the cotton candy and popcorn or a party without the goodies. Promotional conference bags are one of those traditions that have become much anticipated among those who attend conferences as part of their business or professional lives. Whether they're handed out at check in or picked up at a table when the conference starts, conference attendees thoroughly enjoy rifling through the contents to find all the promotional goodies provided by conference sponsors and look forward to using the bag itself again and again.
If you're in charge of ordering the promotional supplies and goodies for your organization's conference, getting the goodies into the promotional conference bags is a process that started months earlier. If this is your first time planning a conference, here's a quick countdown of things you need to consider and a timeline for ordering and organizing everything that goes into putting